Quality of life in dementia: the role of non-cognitive factors in the ratings of people with dementia and family caregivers

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1097-1105

  Sousa, Maria Fernanda Barroso ^a   Santos, Raquel Luiza ^a   Arcoverde, Cynthia ^a   Simões, Pedro ^a   Belfort, Tatiana ^a   Adler, Isabel ^a   Leal, Camila ^a   Dourado, Marcia Cristina Nascimento ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; awareness of disease; caregiver; dementia; depressive symptoms; non cognitive factors; quality of life; self report

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; ASSESSMENT SCALE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PFEFFER FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE SCALE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885446037     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000410     Document Type: Article

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